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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
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`v.
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`RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. and
`R.J. REYNOLDS VAPOR COMPANY,
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`Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants,
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`ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC; PHILIP
`MORRIS USA INC.; and PHILIP MORRIS
`PRODUCTS S.A.,
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`Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs.
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`Case No. 1:20-cv-00393-LO-TCB
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`[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING REYNOLDS’S MOTION IN LIMINE NO. 6 TO
`EXCLUDE ARGUMENT, EVIDENCE OR TESTIMONY REGARDING REYNOLDS
`NOT OBTAINING OR RELYING ON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
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`Upon consideration of Reynolds’s Motion in Limine No. 6, PM/Altria’s Response,
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`Reynolds’s Reply, and arguments of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Reynolds’s
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`motion is GRANTED, and it is further ORDERED that PM/Altria shall not solicit or offer at
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`trial:
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`Any argument, evidence, or testimony regarding Reynolds not obtaining or
`relying on an opinion of counsel or suggesting that Reynolds should have obtained one (and
`any other adverse inference related to an absence of an opinion of counsel).
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`ENTERED this ____ day of ____________, 2022.
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`Alexandria, Virginia
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